Senior Finance Manager

• Review financial documentation and assist the finance team in processing timely payments while ensuring accurate coding within financial systems.
• Develop the monthly cash forecast for Cox’s Bazar office and coordinate with the country office to manage cash balances in line with the activity plan.
• Ensure timely completion of monthly bank and cash reconciliations, as well as the settlement of receivables and payables.
• Closely oversee all financial operations in Cox’s Bazar and keep the DDF informed of any issues that could negatively affect internal controls or overall financial management.
• Ensure consistent implementation of sub-grant procedures across the program, including pre-award compliance, agreement processing, fund disbursement, reporting, deadlines, and, where needed, strengthening partner capacity.

• Ensure IRC’s financial operations  with donor regulations and that all financial records and accounts are prepared accurately, on time, and in accordance with international accounting standards.
• Continuously evaluate current financial systems to maintain strong internal controls, ensuring alignment with partner policies and procedures.
• Conduct regular compliance checks related to partner advance payments, expense liquidations, and supporting financial documentation.
• Ensure proper financial documentation is maintained to support internal and external audits, and address audit queries in coordination with the Deputy Director of Finance.

• Review and analyze monthly balance sheet reports for the Cox’s Bazar office to reconcile accounts and make necessary adjustments.
• Prepare draft financial reports for assigned grants, ensuring alignment with donor formats and timelines, and submit them for review by the Finance Coordinator and relevant budget holders.
• Monitor monthly financial scorecards, comparing goals with actual performance, and provide input to the DDF for informed decision-making.
• Produce monthly or quarterly financial analyses based on guidance from the DDF.
• Conduct quarterly comparisons of cost allocations against actual expenditures and assist the Finance Coordinator/DDF in preparing the operating budget.
• Actively participate in key project cycle meetings, including grant kick-off sessions, regular BVA/grant reviews, and grant closure meetings for assigned projects.

• Prepare monthly Budget versus Actual (BvA) reports for all active grants in the required donor format and ensure timely distribution to the respective budget holders.
• Work with designated budget holders to develop and regularly update spending plans for all ongoing grants; monitor budget utilization and provide guidance on expenditure status, requesting feedback on any variances.
• Engage in key stages of the project cycle, including grant initiation, routine BvA/grant reviews, and close-out meetings.
• Create and assign new budget line codes (T2 codes) for each newly awarded designated grant

• This role includes direct supervision of selected members of the Cox’s Bazar finance team.
• Responsible for delivering training to both finance and non-finance staff and representing the finance department during new employee onboarding and orientation sessions.
• Provide backup support to the finance team in the absence of Finance Managers, as assigned by the DDF.

Major Challenges

• Prepare complex financial reports for donors in accordance with grant requirements.
• Generate service contract invoices based on internal financial data for specific grants.
• Collaborate with various departments, technical teams, and partners with different mandates and capacity levels, often under tight deadlines.
• Coordinate with diverse collaborators, including banks, partners, and consultants—who may operate using different financial systems.
• Effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Maintain clear and efficient communication and coordination with a diverse, multi-sectoral team of national and international staff working across multiple locations.